 Creating and strengthening of partnerships at all levels among all stakeholders. Institutional Measures The Government of Nigeria is committed to building a nation devoid of gender discrimination, guaranteeing equal access to political, social and economic wealth creation opportunities for women and men, and developing a culture that places premium on the protection of all children. In furtherance of this goal, the government has established the lead national and state gender machineries, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Child and Social Development and the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory Ministries of Women Affairs, Child and Social Development. The mission of the above Ministries is to serve as the national and state vehicles to bring about speedy and healthy development of Nigerian women and men in the mainstream of the national development processes and ensure the survival, protection, development and participation of all children, especially the girl-child, in preparation for meaningful adult life.  National Centre for Women Development, Abuja:- Is an institution established by law responsible for the following, among others: o Conduct research on status of women; o Develop women empowerment indicators; o Develop and implement women empowerment programmes and projects, including gender education, vocational skills training schemes, access to credit etc; o Execute special programmes to promote gender equality; o Relate with federal and state Ministries of Women Affairs, Child and Social development on gender policy implementation.  ICT initiative for women:o The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) has embarked on a lot of initiatives to promote women’s employment such as the Vocational Skills training. The NCWD has trained 10,00 women and girls in various vocational skills from 2012 – date and provided them with toolkits/scks.tarter p o The Technology & Entrepreneurship Training for Women in Nigeria (TETWIN): Since 2014 the NCWD trained 100 women and provided them with toolkits to harness ICTs and the Internet as tools for advancing women’s empowerment and gender equality as reflected within UN Women’s Global Strategic Plan (2014-2017). The NCWD is Promoting Women & Girls Access to ICT and the Internet to Accelerate Gender Equality aand Empowerment Project, it has since 2015 trained 100 women and girls to enable them access latest e-service and develop the required skills that would enable them enlarge their businesses. In 2016 the NCWD through its “Bridging the Gender Divide ICT Programme for Women” trained and sensitized 300 women on how best to approach Digital Marketing and expose them to job opportunities in digital space. o The National Gender Data Bank Project:- the NCWD host a repository and one stop referral point for gender data source, which is utilize as a mechanism for engendering inform decision based on evidence. o The NCWD Women Development Centres (WDC) Activation Project whose goal is to empower rural women through the activities in the WDCs and reduce poverty in the households has since 2010- 147